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The table below looks at the demand for Radio Network Controller (RNC) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RNC over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRadio Network Controller (RNC)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2594
Rank change on same period last yearUp+69
Matching contract IT job ads471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.001 %
As % of the category below19.67 %0.294 %
Daily rates quoted51
Average minimum daily rate£280£300
Average daily rate£295£350
% change on same period last year-15.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£375
% change on same period last year-10.37 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads239340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.365 %
Daily rates quoted49106
Average minimum daily rate£340£311
Average daily rate£358£334
% change on same period last year+7.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted1348
Average minimum hourly rate£31.15£24.02
Average hourly rate£32.73£26.08
% change on same period last year+25.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.30£28.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
RNC East of EnglandRNC
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

RNC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RNC across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hertfordshire RNC Demand Trend

RNC
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RNC across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire RNC Daily Rate Trend

RNC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RNC across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire RNC Daily Rate Histogram

RNC
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RNC across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire RNC Hourly Rate Trend

RNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing RNC also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited RNC.

141 (66.13 %)3G
234 (54.84 %)2G
331 (50.00 %)2.5G
429 (46.77 %)Telecoms
528 (45.16 %)Nokia
621 (33.87 %)Incident Management
712 (19.35 %)Nortel
811 (17.74 %)GSM
910 (16.13 %)Ericsson
109 (14.52 %)UMTS
118 (12.90 %)SDH
127 (11.29 %)XML
127 (11.29 %)SQL
127 (11.29 %)SGSN
136 (9.677 %)LAN
145 (8.065 %)Network Design
145 (8.065 %)Statistical Analysis
145 (8.065 %)SAP
145 (8.065 %)TCP/IP
145 (8.065 %)Data Management
154 (6.452 %)BSS
154 (6.452 %)Cisco
154 (6.452 %)GPRS
154 (6.452 %)HTML
154 (6.452 %)VBA
163 (4.839 %)Configuration Management
163 (4.839 %)Workflow
172 (3.226 %)Packet Switching
172 (3.226 %)Siemens
172 (3.226 %)Fault Management

RNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing RNC also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited RNC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (11.29 %)XML
24 (6.452 %)HTML
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
141 (66.13 %)3G
234 (54.84 %)2G
331 (50.00 %)2.5G
411 (17.74 %)GSM
59 (14.52 %)UMTS
68 (12.90 %)SDH
77 (11.29 %)SGSN
86 (9.677 %)LAN
95 (8.065 %)TCP/IP
104 (6.452 %)GPRS
104 (6.452 %)BSS
112 (3.226 %)Packet Switching
121 (1.613 %)ATM
121 (1.613 %)UTRAN
121 (1.613 %)SS7
121 (1.613 %)SIGTRAN
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (46.77 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
133 (53.23 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
26 (9.677 %)NOC Engineer
35 (8.065 %)RNC Engineer
35 (8.065 %)Switch Engineer
35 (8.065 %)Support Engineer
42 (3.226 %)Analyst
42 (3.226 %)OSS Engineer
51 (1.613 %)Radio Network Engineer
51 (1.613 %)Network Engineer
51 (1.613 %)Design Engineer
51 (1.613 %)Team Leader
51 (1.613 %)Radio Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.613 %)Statistics
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (33.87 %)Incident Management
25 (8.065 %)Data Management
25 (8.065 %)Network Design
25 (8.065 %)Statistical Analysis
33 (4.839 %)Configuration Management
33 (4.839 %)Workflow
42 (3.226 %)Fault Management
51 (1.613 %)Performance Management
51 (1.613 %)Project Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (11.29 %)SQL
24 (6.452 %)VBA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.613 %)HND
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (45.16 %)Nokia
212 (19.35 %)Nortel
310 (16.13 %)Ericsson
45 (8.065 %)SAP
54 (6.452 %)Cisco
62 (3.226 %)Siemens
71 (1.613 %)Cramer